The State of the Ficcery: January 2022

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Word Count: 10,068

Writing: Exceeded my monthly goal with 3 poems. I did a villanelle, a Burns stanza, and a palindrome.

The word count is 11k less than the monthly GYWO goal, but I am not sweating it. I did finish a BBC Sherlock femlock vampire fic [Blood is the Tinsel of the Damned].

Next month my goal is to participate in the Lupercalia challenge of petra and finish an omelette poem.

Reading & Listening: I read 6 books this month. 4 for the Book Bingo [2 more will show up in next month's summary] and 2 for my Agatha Christie quest. I also found 2 podcasts I enjoy and will post about those [Hard History and Criminal].

Goals: I have lost a few pounds but not enough to comment upon. 16 days I managed some cardio and 19 days I managed to stretch. I studied Korean for 21 hours. In collage journalling, I did 14 spreads/cards. I did 9 pieces to the miniature coffee shop. I did 3 other crafts: the Epiphany tart, moorland pony moodboard, and the Mousehole paper village.

I am liking the bullet journaling. I will keep doing it and improving how I do it. I am learning what I need to track and how I need to track them to convince myself that even as a mum-worm I am still accomplishing things, doing things, contributing things to the world. I have to convince myself I am have value and (rightly or wrongly) that's easier to do with numbers of things.

Personal: Yesterday I had to do Minisculus' Sunday School homework with him, and it wasn't nearly as awful as I had been dreading. Yay. His father is normally Completely In Charge of that.

Next Month: Lupercalia fic, I started on a puzzle that only has its border, Valentine's Day, the boys' father returns, indoor soccer season starts for Minor, so practice once a week and games on Saturday, I have a tall TBR pile, no lack there

ETA: Yesterday, I also did the last box requiring de-cluttering so I consider myself neat and tidy for a while! I really like the Marie Kondo method.

Comments

[misbegotten]

What's an omelette poem?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ha! Just a poem about an omlette, not a special form. Omlette making is the prompt for last month on the Holmes Minor comm.

[redders]

I would love an omelette form poem! Perhaps the first and last word must always be egg-associated, but the inside can be whatever form one wishes...

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I do a lot of concrete poems so there might be something there...:)

[smallhobbit]

It sounds like you have achieved a great deal this month.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I am trying to convince myself of that by keeping better track. Getting the kids vaccinated was the big personal win for the month.

[debriswoman]

Impressive list of things done. Pleased the journaling is developing nicely:-)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! That's the point of the journalling to start counting things and counteracting my negative assumptions with hard data! I do a lot!

I love the journaling. I set a goal of 2 spreads a month, and I've do so many more than that. It's a fun hobby.